Tony Boles
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Date of birth | December 11, 1967 |
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| Place of birth | Thomasville, Georgia, USA |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | RB/KR |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg) |
| College | Michigan |
| NFL draft | 1991 / Round: 11 / Pick: 291 |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1991 | Dallas Cowboys |
| 1992 | San Antonio Riders |
| Honors | First team All-Big Ten (2x) Big Ten Rushing Champion Michigan Wolverines team MVP |
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Tony Boles (born December 11, 1967) is a retired professional American football running back and kick returner who was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). After starring for the Michigan Wolverines football, where he once led the Big Ten Conference in rushing, he went on to a scandal ridden life. His college football career was ended prematurely due to a knee injury. He has been sentenced to prison multiple times and placed in homes for addicts due to cocaine abuse.
Although Boles was born in Thomasville, Georgia and his family settled in Westland, Michigan when he was ten years old. He grew up in a predominantly white neighborhood where he was one of only four African Americans in the entire student body at John Glenn High School. He had also attended Marshall Junior High School. He took a Caucasian woman to the high school prom, but was not allowed to enter her home. She had to pick him up for the prom.
Boles starred for coach Bo Schembechler at the University of Michigan where he was twice named All-Big Ten on repeat conference champions in 1988 and 1989 and named the team most valuable player for the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. These were Schembechler's final two seasons at Michigan. With Boles, the team won the January 1, 1989 Rose Bowl, but with him on the sidelines they lost the January 1, 1990 contest. Boles shared the 1988 Big Ten rushing title with Anthony Thompson. Boles won the title for conference games only, while Thompson won the title for all games played. As a sophomore in 1988, he rushed for 1,408 yards (1,287 m), but during his junior season he suffered a season ending knee injury. Entering the final game before his injury he had accumulated 822 yards (752 m) rushing in nine games on 130 rushes, Schembechler was starting to support his Heisman Trophy candidacy:
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